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atari 2600 10.31.2007 11:46 AM

Forbes 2007 list of the top-earning dead celebrities
 
Dead celebs still rake in the cash.

And Elvis is still The King.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/26/top...1029celeb.html

or

http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/26/top...hisSpeed=30000

The Forbes 2007 list of the 13 top-earning dead celebrites

1. Elvis Presley

Earnings: $49 million
Occupation: Musician
Died: Aug. 16, 1977
Age: 42
Cause: Heart attack

2. John Lennon

Earnings: $44 million
Occupation: Musician
Died: Dec. 8, 1980
Age: 40
Cause: Murder

3. Charles M. Schulz

Earnings: $35 million
Occupation: Cartoonist
Died: Feb. 12, 2000
Age: 77
Cause: Colon Cancer

4. George Harrison

Earnings: $22 million
Occupation: Musician
Died: Nov. 29, 2001
Age: 58
Cause: Throat Cancer

5. Albert Einstein

Earnings: $18 million
Occupation: Scientist
Died: April 18, 1955
Age: 76
Cause: Natural Causes

6. Andy Warhol

Earnings: $15 million
Occupation: Artist
Died: Feb. 22, 1987
Age: 58
Cause: Complications after a gallbladder operation

7. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

Earnings: $13 million
Occupation: Author
Died: Sept. 24, 1991
Age: 87
Cause: Natural Causes

8. Tupac Shakur

Earnings: $9 million
Occupation: Musician
Died: Sept. 13, 1996
Age: 25
Cause: Drive-by shooting

9. Marilyn Monroe

Earnings: $7 million
Occupation: Actress
Died: Aug. 5, 1962
Age: 36
Cause: Overdose from sleeping pills

10. Steve McQueen

Earnings: $6 million
Occupation: Actor
Died: Nov. 30, 1980
Age: 50
Cause: Cancer

11. James Brown

Earnings: $5 million
Occupation: Musician
Died: Dec. 25, 2006
Age: 73
Cause: Complications from pneumonia

12. Bob Marley

Earnings: $4 million
Occupation: Musician
Died: May 11, 1981
Age: 36
Cause: Cancer

13. James Dean

Earnings: $3.5 million
Occupation: Actor
Died: Sep. 30, 1955
Age: 24
Cause: Car Accident

floatingslowly 10.31.2007 12:03 PM

FREE JAMES BROWN

it's too hot in the hot tub.

:(

alyasa 10.31.2007 12:40 PM

It's funny, only one drug-related death...

SYRFox 10.31.2007 02:37 PM

I thought Kurt Cobain was in there. Strange.

Anngella 10.31.2007 02:59 PM

He was there last year because Courtney sold a bunch of shit or something.

jennthebenn 10.31.2007 03:41 PM

if i'd only spent 15 million dollars MORE...


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